Re: DBA_VIEWS interactive reference available from OTN

  • From: Melody Sayles <masayles@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jenny.tsai@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:44:18 -0900

As a newer DBA I appreciate the Architecture Diagram for 11g showing the new
background processes.
Melody

On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Jenny Tsai-Smith <jenny.tsai@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Hello, Rich, Brandon, Jared, Jack,
>
> Thank you for the feedback on the Oracle Database 11g: Interactive Quick
> Reference (IQR) that my team produced. At this point in time, it is by no
> means a replacement for the reference guide in the product documentation
> library.
>
> However, the IQR does have some things the documentation doesn't include:
>
>    - an architecture diagram of the key processes, memory structures, and
>    files
>     - a categorization of the background processes, plus which ones are
>    started by default, which ones are required, and which ones are new (the 
> background
>    processes table in the 
> documentation<http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17110/bgprocesses.htm#sthref4453>doesn't
>  include all of this info)
>    - the DBA views, and the RAC-related V$ views, are categorized
>
> We have also posted a SWF version of the IQR (click here for download 
> page<http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=7027600&Act=54&pcode=WWOU10044054MPP047>)
> so that Mac OS and Linux users don't have to use the .EXE version. We did
> consider creating the IQR using HTML5+CSS3, but we did not have the
> resources or time right now. This first version of the IQR was not actually
> funded -- all of it was done on "spare" cycles.
>
> There were many features (such as searchability, sortable tables, covering
> all of the V$ views, an ERD of the DBA and V$ views, easier / more intuitive
> navigation, etc.) that we just did not have the time to get to in this
> initial proof-of-concept release. With this first attempt, we were just
> trying to take what was included in the printed Oracle data dictionary
> posters, and add a little more info, but deliver it digitally.
>
> I have added your feedback to our enhancements list for the DB 12.1 version
> of the IQR. Thanks again for taking the time to provide feedback.
>
> Cheers,
> Jenny
>
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